Forerunner 970 - Recent Threads

Does DEM work on your watch?

smbkrun+3 — Wed, 22 Jul 2026 17:22:56 GMT

I always get "Calibration Failed" works fine in my 965

17.33 Power from cross country skiing is gone!

Ilya_Che — Wed, 22 Jul 2026 11:40:23 GMT

Power from cross country skiing is gone! I went roller skating today. During the workout, I specifically looked at the power on the watch, but when saving the workout, grameen does not write it to the fit file and does not display it in indicators. The bug is in this.

Abnormal font size in the map screen menu

yongpeng — Wed, 22 Jul 2026 03:51:17 GMT

After my Garmin 970 watch automatically updated to version 17.xx, the font on the map screen became unusually large, making it difficult to read. I've already set the watch's font size to the minimum.

Activity not showing up in Garmin Connect

rwhillrunner — Tue, 21 Jul 2026 02:36:27 GMT

I'm on vacation and just did an epic hike (the Highline Trail in Glacier National Park) and wanted to share on Garmin Connect and Strava but it's not there. I can see the hike on my watch. I tried syncing multiple times but it's just now showing up online.

Any thoughts on how to resolve this? I'm not at home and don't even have access to a Windows computer at home anyway. All I have now are my watch and Pixel phone.

Torch / flashlight resetting since colour shift update

dan_seller — Mon, 20 Jul 2026 04:06:18 GMT

The recent update which included the colour shift modes has caused a bug in the torch function.

I use the automatic colour-shift mode each evening - and switching off in the morning. After the colour shift mode resets to normal each morning, when I turn on the torch, it has reset to full strength white light; I prefer the red light.

Has anyone else encountered this bug? Any suggestions (aside from not using the colour-shift mode)?

Thanks!

Elevation gain error

Idrattog — Sun, 19 Jul 2026 11:36:22 GMT

I had a FR 970 and since a week my workouts D+ (elevation) are completely wrong. I clean the hole sensor and did the calibration again. The problem is not solved. It seems a bug of the version 17.37 of the firmware.

Wrong pace when running on track

8691185 — Sat, 18 Jul 2026 17:19:14 GMT

Hi !

3 times in the last 2 weeks I have ran on a track. Many times during each of those runs I have looked at my watch too see what was my pace.

Those 3 times, after each of those activities, I have way wrong avg pace. The avg pace of each interval looks 1 min slower.

Additional information: as you can imagine the track is flat (ascent). The numbers of the AVG GAP fit what I was expecting.

Do the Avg Pace numbers should not be almost identical to the AVG GAP?

Do any of you have experienced wrong pace when you run on a track?

Thanks in advance

Forerunner 970 Software Version 17.37 - Live

Garmin-Kevin — Fri, 17 Jul 2026 15:44:28 GMT

Software version 17.37 is now available for Forerunner 970.

You may manually download this software update once available by following the path below:

Menu > Watch Settings > System > Software Update > Check For Updates

Change Log:

• Fixes an issue with treadmill calibration failing to result in more accurate treadmill distance.
• Fixes an issue that could cause the device to reset during a golf activity.
• Fixes an issue that could cause a shorter-than-expected battery life.

How can I save a Garmin Coach workout to my own "workouts" library?

Caden — Wed, 15 Jul 2026 13:46:16 GMT

I am doing a garmin coach plan. The workouts it gives me are great. I want to save them to my own workout library so I can use them later when I want. I don't think I have the ability to do this.

ECG app locks wallet

pgalbavy — Wed, 15 Jul 2026 02:18:05 GMT

I saw an unexpected thing today. I unlock my wallet to tap on and off on public transport. I accidentally also selected the ECG app in the middle of the journey and the wallet was locked. While not the end of the world, it is inconsistent. Normally the wallet remains unlocked for a number of hours, which is convenient when travelling etc.

Too much (spoken)information during HIIT daily suggestions

roadrunnerfinch — Tue, 14 Jul 2026 13:27:19 GMT

I wonder if the spoken information can be turned off during a HIIT practice with de "daily suggestion". Today I had to do 8x 10sec @20km/h and recovery after each sprint. But mrs Garmin tells me how the recovery went. You can't see the information on your screen at that moment and the 10 sec. are gone before she's done. So I can't see what my speed is during the sprint. It's very annoying. The same goes with sprints upto appr. 30 seconds.

PLEASE do something about that !!

my screen is too small when I watch the data before I do the actual run. Esp. with the (an)aerobe numbers. Isn't that odd ? :)

roadrunnerfinch — Tue, 14 Jul 2026 13:15:07 GMT

You would imagine that everything on the screen would be readable , but no. The statics are sometimes too much from left to right. So, when I have the statics for (an)aeroob I see this: anaeroob 3. And there it ends. Not that important, but annoying especially with the top Forerunner watch.

Add Vitals to the Morning Report

Eppur — Mon, 13 Jul 2026 12:57:23 GMT

Every morning, when I wake up, the first thing I do is check the Morning Report. I really like having all the key information in one place, such as my sleep, Body Battery, Training Readiness, and the rest of the overnight summary.

However, I feel that one of Garmin’s most valuable health features is missing from this report: Vitals.

Since Vitals was introduced, it has become one of the best ways to quickly understand how my body recovered overnight. It would be great if the Morning Report also included a summary of overnight Vitals, such as Heart Rate Variability (HRV), resting heart rate, respiratory rate, blood oxygen (when available), skin temperature (when available), and any other relevant overnight metrics.

This would allow users to see all their most important recovery and health information immediately after waking up, without having to open a separate section in the app.

I believe adding Vitals to the Morning Report would make an already excellent feature even more complete and useful.

Bug Report - Favorite Activity is Ignored When There Are 2 Activities in One Day

8900882 — Tue, 07 Jul 2026 12:43:59 GMT

I pinned three Run activities for quick access.

Normally the flow is:

Press Start/Stop button
Pick one of the Run activities from favorite list (pinned activities)
A menu for that day appeared, choose 'Do Workout'
Select Gear
Start

However, when there are two scheduled activities in one day, the flow become:

Press Start/Stop button
Pick one of the Run activities from favorite list (pinned activities)
A list of activities for that day appeared, choose any
A list of activities appeared. Here I need to re-select the Run activity that I already did from the favorite list.
'Do Workout'
Select Gear
Start

Sleep Focus Mode - automtically enbaled after disabling

Michał G — Mon, 06 Jul 2026 10:00:21 GMT

I disabled "sleep focus mode" and after few mins this focus mode was enabled in this situation is random few times per day.

This enabling is after focus mode scheduled time.

배터리가 갑자기 빨리 닳아요.

sona — Mon, 06 Jul 2026 08:19:22 GMT

77%로 오전에 집에서 나왔는데, 8시간도 안되어서 30%가 되었어요.

이틀전부터 이런현상이 발생합니다.

gps 운동안했고, 그냥 근무하면서 시계 차고있었던게 다에요.

가민으로 전화를 받지도 않았구요. 시계용도 + 알림 으로만 사용했는데

이게 왜이러나요 ?

Transferred podcasts miscategorized or missing in music player

7712589 — Fri, 03 Jul 2026 23:03:16 GMT

Forerunner 970 Software 17.33

Garmin Express 7.29.1.0

macOS Sonoma 14.8.7

All my Garmin software is up to date, but this issue is not new, and has been going on since at least the start of the year. I use the macOS Podcasts app to download episodes onto my computer, which I then transfer to an iPhone/iPod through Finder, and to my FR 970 through Garmin Express. In the FR music player, some of the episodes show up correctly under Music Library -> Podcasts. Some episodes are miscategorized under Music Library -> Other, which are at least accessible, but anything in that category does not get the Forward 30/Rewind 30 buttons in the playback controls. And some other episodes are completely missing from the music player: They don't appear under Podcasts, Other, nor any other category of the Music Library.

However, all the podcast episodes do get transferred to the device. I used Google's Android File Transfer to verify that they're actually on the FR 970, all organized correctly under Podcasts/<Show Title>/<Episode Title>/<Filename>. But in Garmin Express, if I go to Music -> My Device -> Podcasts, then the episodes labelled "Other" in the FR music player show up under the show title "Unknown", and the missing episodes are also missing here.

The miscategorized and missing episodes are regular mp3s that can be played in the Apple Podcasts/Music apps or VLC, and transfer to and play on my iPhone/iPod.

Inactivity Notifications

1982694 — Fri, 03 Jul 2026 18:17:54 GMT

I have inactivity notifications enabled. Is it possible to receive these notifications only during specific times (e.g., between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m.) and/or on certain days (not on Saturdays or Sundays)?

ECG in India

9218571 — Thu, 02 Jul 2026 07:31:51 GMT

I have brought 970 from Singapore and will use in India where the ECG is not supported. How should I start the setup of the watch so I dont have problem in using the ECG in India?

Topology map for golf app

7000928 — Thu, 02 Jul 2026 04:26:34 GMT

Hello,

So I’ve been using my Forerunner 970 for golf and noticed I’m only getting the three distances and a green outline, no actual hole layout showing the fairway. I thought maybe I had a setting wrong so I spent hours while digging through everything, even called Garmin support. Turns out the 970 just doesn’t support course maps at all. Honestly pretty shocked given what this watch costs.

It already runs full color topo maps for hiking and navigation so the hardware can clearly handle it.

Would love to see Garmin add this in a future update.

Also wanted to flag a big inconsistency, the manual clearly mentions a Big Numbers setting that should be in Golf Settings, but it’s simply not there on the watch.
Spent a lot of time trying to find it and eventually Garmin support confirmed it’s not supported. Would be great to get some clarification on why the manual references a feature that doesn’t exist on the device.

As a golf enthusiast, it was also one of the reasons why i chose 970.

Thank you!

17.33 Watch restarts during activity when we install something from Connect iq

Whatever — Sat, 27 Jun 2026 11:45:56 GMT

The watch will turn off if you install an app from Connect iQ. This happened to me with Exact Pace Datafield. Apparently, it was fixed in 17.33, but unfortunately, the problem still persists.

Still no Active Topo Europe 2026.11 for the 970?!

SUBRAID — Thu, 25 Jun 2026 11:52:56 GMT

My Edge 1040 just installed the Active Topo Europe 2026.11.
Connected the 970 after that to Garmin Express to install the map there too... nothing...

Sleep tracking working shifts

Chris — Wed, 24 Jun 2026 18:13:27 GMT

I work shift, so I don't have a fixed sleeping routine. It has worked fine mostly when I go to bed between 11 and 06. Sleep skedule set to 23 to 07. But now my working skedule is 1900 to 0730 so I'm not in bed before 0730 to 1000. It recorded a few minutes during work but nothing during my real sleep. Is it any easy way without edit fokus mode for sleep manually everyday my shift changes?

Sleep tracking working shifts

Chris — Wed, 24 Jun 2026 18:10:56 GMT

Audio Quieting Itself/Ghost Touches (Video below)

3829612 — Wed, 24 Jun 2026 17:44:55 GMT

New FR970 bought last week. When scrolling through glances or settings, the watch will sometimes register a touch instead of a swipe. Happens much more frequently when starting an activity or playing Spotify. Anything that puts more stress of the processor causes this to be more frequent. But, even without the additional stress, it sometimes still happens.

also, I noticed last night when trying to play music or use voice assistance, the audio from the built in speaker would become extremely quiet after a second or 2. Is anyone else having similar issues?